Solar Energy & Radio Communication for Wayling

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Summary

A solar energy system will provide 1st ever electricity & HF radio communication for isolated village of 100 Amerindians; students/adults will benefit from DVD/TV educational & entertainment programs progress reportread updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $10,500 was raised for this project.

Received $10,500 from 5 donations from people like:

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

75,000 Amerindians reside in isolated villages in Guyana’s hinterland. Communication systems are poor and electricity is scarce or non-existent. As a result school children and adults lag behind in education & socio-economic development. Nestled in a mountain valley, Wayling is located a 16-hour walk from the nearest town. It recently constructed a one-room building for school and community meeting rooms. Solar power will provide lights, entertainment & emergency communication for 100 persons.

Activities

Coordinate with government officials; verify needs with community leaders; purchase solar/radio systems, DVD/TV players and DVDs; transport materials by plane, boat and porters, & train community maintenance team to install & operate systems.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $10,500

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $10,500.  The original project funding goal was $10,500.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Solar energy/HF radio will improve quality of life for 100 persons in rainforest environment thru immediate radio contact for medical emergencies, community meetings & better educational systems. It will bring smiles to faces via DVD entertainment.

Project Message

“Solar energy systems have been tested/validated in several hinterland communities. Combined with appropriate learning tools these small systems can revolutionize Guyana’s rural educational system.”
- Edward Jarvis, Field Coordinator, Ministry of Education

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Jerry La Gra,
Rural Development Facilitator
272 Forshaw Street, Queenstown
Georgetown,
Guyana
(592) 226-3878
Email:

Project Sponsor

GlobalGiving

Organization

GlobalGiving
1816 12th St NW, 3rd floor
Washington, D.C. 20009
United States
202.232.5784
http://www.globalgiving.com

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Guyana and can also be found under Education.

For more information about Guyana, read the Human Development Report on Guyana or the Wikipedia entry for Guyana.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on March 07, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 24, 2006.

Latest Update from the Field

Final report from Wayalayeng project

By Jerry La Gra - Project Leader, March 07, 2008 05:45 PM

Please find below my final report for the 2nd tranche of the GG grant ($950) to Wayalayeng. In general it was implemented successfully.

The best news is that in November 2007 a friend of mine overnighted in Wayalayeng and reported to me that the lights were working in the school and the church and the radio was operating ok. He did not actually see the TV working but Councillor Harris reported that "all equipment was functioning."

Once again I would like to thank Global Giving for all the support given to this isolated village.

Regards,


Jerry

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